:Fuyumi Ono
{{Short description|Japanese novelist (born 1960)}}
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{{nihongo|Fuyumi Ono|小野 不由美|Ono Fuyumi|born December 24, 1960}} is a Japanese novelist best known for writing {{nihongo|The Twelve Kingdoms|十二国記|Jūni Kokuki}}, which was adapted into a popular anime series. She is married to Yukito Ayatsuji, the author of the horror novel Another.{{cite web |url=http://www.ne.jp/asahi/edit/amie/vol.6/mushi-1.html |script-title=ja:インタビュー 綾辻行人 |trans-title=Interview - Yukito Ayatsuji |publisher=Edit |volume=6 |first=Yukari |last=Takahashi |accessdate=June 2, 2015 |archivedate=March 5, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305033309/http://www.ne.jp/asahi/edit/amie/vol.6/mushi-1.html |language=Japanese |url-status=dead }}
Biography
Ono is married to {{nihongo|Naoyuki Uchida|内田 直行|Uchida Naoyuki}}, a mystery novelist who writes under the pseudonym {{nihongo|Yukito Ayatsuji|綾辻 行人 |Ayatsuji Yukito}}.
Her name after marriage to AYATSUJI Yukito, is UCHIDA Fuyumi, but she writes under her maiden name,{{Cite web|url=https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2383|title=Baka-Updates Manga - ONO Fuyumi|website=www.mangaupdates.com|access-date=2019-05-07}} which is Ono Fuyumi.
Before she started work on The Twelve Kingdoms, Fuyumi Ono wrote {{nihongo|The Demonic Child|魔性の子|Mashō no Ko}}, a horror novel about a boy from another world. She later worked certain events from this novel into the Twelve Kingdoms series. Short stories set in the various kingdoms include: {{nihongo|Kasho|華胥}}, {{nihongo|Toei|冬栄}}, {{nihongo|Shokan|書簡}}, {{nihongo|Kizan|帰山}} and {{nihongo|Jogetsu|乗月}}. In February, 2008, a new Twelve Kingdoms short story, "Hisho no Tori" (丕緒の鳥) was published in Shinchosha's Yomyom magazine.[http://www.shinchosha.co.jp/yomyom/ Yom Yom Official site]
On March 18, 2007, according to an interview at the Anime News Network,{{cite news|title = Fuyumi Ono Interview|work = Anime News Network|url =http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2007-03-18/fuyumi-ono-author-of-the-twelve-kingdoms|accessdate =2007-03-18}} she is "currently rewriting a girls’ horror series (she) wrote long ago".
Major works
- Akuryo Series (1989–92, 8 light novel volumes, Kodansha)
- Ghost Hunt (also known as Nightmare Dwelling) (1994, 2 light novel volumes, Kodansha){{Cite news |title=Ghost Hunt |work=Newtype USA |volume=6 |issue=11 |page=19 |date=November 2006 |issn=1541-4817 }} – continuation of Akuryo Series but in a different setting
- The Twelve Kingdoms (1992–2019, 9 novels and 2 short story collections, Kodansha, later Shinchosha)
- Shiki (1998, novel in 2 volumes)
Works
=Evil Spirit Series=
- Evil Spirit series (悪霊シリーズ - Akuryō series), Kodansha.
- There are lots of Evil Spirits?! (悪霊がいっぱい!?) 1989. {{ISBN|978-4-06-190311-1}}
- There are really lots of Evil Spirits! (悪霊がホントにいっぱい!), 1989. {{ISBN|978-4-06-190365-4}}
- Too many Evil Spirits to sleep (悪霊がいっぱいで眠れない), 1990. {{ISBN|978-4-06-190417-0}}
- A lonely Evil Spirit (悪霊はひとりぼっち) 1990. {{ISBN|978-4-06-190485-9}}
- I Don't Want to Become an Evil Spirit! (悪霊になりたくない!), 1991. {{ISBN|978-4-06-190594-8}}
- Don't Call me an Evil Spirit (悪霊とよばないで), 1991. {{ISBN|978-4-06-198575-9}}
- I don't mind Evil Spirits 1 (悪霊だってヘイキ!〈上〉), 1992. {{ISBN|978-4-06-198696-1}}
- I don't mind Evil Spirits 2 (悪霊だってヘイキ!〈下〉), 1992. {{ISBN|978-4-06-198697-8}}
=Ghost Hunt Series=
- Ghost Hunt Series (ゴースト・ハントシリーズ) A continuation of the Evil Spirit series, but in a different setting
- Nightmare Dwelling 1 (悪夢の棲む家(上)), 1994, Kodansha. {{ISBN|978-4-06-255156-4}}
- Nightmare Dwelling 2 (悪夢の棲む家(下)), 1994, Kodansha. {{ISBN|978-4-06-255164-9}}
=The Twelve Kingdoms=
- The Twelve Kingdoms series (十二国記), Kodansha, unless otherwise noted
- Shadow of the Moon, Sea of the Shadow (月の影 影の海), 1992. {{ISBN|4-06-255071-7}} US Publication: 3/2007, Tokyopop {{ISBN|1-59816-946-7}} as The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow
- Sea of the Wind, Shore of the Labyrinth (風の海 迷宮の岸), 1993. {{ISBN|4-06-255114-4}} US Publication: 3/2008, Tokyopop {{ISBN|978-1-59816-947-8}} as The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Wind
- Sea God of the East, Vast Sea of the West (東の海神 西の滄海), 1994. {{ISBN|4-06-255168-3}} US Publication: 3/2009, Tokyopop {{ISBN|978-1-59816-948-5}} as The Twelve Kingdoms: The Vast Spread of the Seas
- A Thousand Miles of Wind, the Sky of Dawn (風の万里 黎明の空), 1994. {{ISBN|4-06-255175-6}} US Publication: 3/2010, Tokyopop {{ISBN|978-1-59816-949-2}} as The Twelve Kingdoms: Skies of Dawn
- Aspired Wings (図南の翼), 1996. {{ISBN|4-06-255229-9}}
- "Drifting Ship" (漂舶), 1997 (short story)
- Shore at Dusk, Sky at Dawn (黄昏の岸 暁の天), 2001. {{ISBN|4-06-255546-8}}
- Kashou's Dream (華胥の幽夢), 2001. {{ISBN|4-06-255573-5}}
- Prosperity in Winter (冬栄), originally published 4/2001 IN☆POCKET
- Kashou (華胥), originally published 5/2001 Mephisto
- Jougetsu (乗月)
- Correspondence (書簡)
- Kizan (帰山)
- "The Birds of Hisho" (丕緒の鳥) 2/2008 (short story, published in Yomyom magazine)
- "Rakusho no Goku" (落照の獄) 9/2009 (short story, published in Yomyom magazine)
- The Birds of Hisho (丕緒の鳥), 2013, Shinchosha, {{ISBN|978-4-10-124058-9}}
- Silver Ruins, Black Moon (白銀の墟 玄の月), 2019, Shinchosha
- Demon's Child (魔性の子 Mashō no Ko), 1991, Kodansha. {{ISBN|4-10-124021-3}}. Loosely associated with The Twelve Kingdoms series
=Other novels=
- Can't Sleep on Birthday Eve (バースデー・イブは眠れない) 1988, Kodansha
- Mephisto and Waltz! (メフィストとワルツ!) 1988, Kodansha {{ISBN|978-4-06-190249-7}}, Continuation of Can't Sleep on Birthday Eve
- Evil Spirits Aren't Scary (悪霊なんかこわくない), 1989, Kodansha. {{ISBN|978-4-06-190257-2}}
- Charmed 17 year old (呪われた17歳) 1990 朝日ソノラマ
- 17 Springs Passed (過ぎる十七の春 Sugiru Jūshichi no Haru), 1995, Kodansha. {{ISBN|978-4-06-255201-1}}, an adaptation of Charmed 17 year old
- Green Home Spirits (グリーンホームの亡霊たち) 1990年朝日ソノラマ刊
- Home, Green Home (緑の我が家 Home、Green Home), 1997, Kodansha. {{ISBN|978-4062552943}}、an adaptation of Green Home Spirits
- Strange Tōkei Tales (東亰異聞 - Tōkei Ibun) (runner-up for the 1993 Japan Fantasy Novel Award), 1994, Shinchosha. {{ISBN|978-4-10-124022-0}}
- Shiki (屍鬼, literally Corpse Demon), 1998, Shinchosha. {{ISBN|978-4-10-397002-6}}
- Island of the Black Shrine (黒祠の島), 2001, Shodensha. {{ISBN|978-4-396-33164-1}}
- Kura no Kami (くらのかみ), 2003, Kodansha. {{ISBN|978-4-06-270564-6}}
- Zan'e (残穢), 2012, Shinchosha. {{ISBN|978-4-10-397004-0}}
= Short story collection =
- Ghost Stories Storybook (鬼談百景). Serialized since June 2000 in the magazine Yuu. published in 2012
= Short story =
- London, 1888 (倫敦、1888) 10/1993 Logout
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071016054038/http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc/books/junikokki/ Kōdansha's Twelve Kingdoms Site] {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://www.booksfromjapan.jp/authors/item/2079-fuyumi-ono J'Lit | Authors : Fuyumi Ono | Books from Japan]
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